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Ariel Sharon embodied much of what Israelis have come to look for in a leader: Secular, bold, creative, and willing to take the world's endless abuse. BENJAMIN KERSTEIN explores his role in the Israeli psyche.

With America losing credibility across the Middle East, its longtime Arab allies are left facing the Iranian menace alone—and, as JONATHAN SPYER points out, they are increasingly looking elsewhere for support.

On the invisible frontiers between Israel and America, between Torah and literary fiction, Ruchama King Feuerman found her muse. BETH KISSILEFF interviewed her in the office of a New Jersey psychoanalyst. Why not?